June 26 was already an important date in LGBT legal history—it was the day 10 years ago when the Supreme Court struck down all remaining state sodomy laws in Lambda Legal’s historic Lawrence v. Texas victory.

The Delaware Civil Marriage Equality and Religious Freedom Act of 20131
(“Marriage Act”) passed the state
legislature and was signed by the Governor on May 7, 2013. The law goes into effect on July 1, 2013. Below are
answers to frequently asked questions about the new marriage equality law and what it means for people who
live and work in, or visit, Delaware.

Ambulance workers jeered at and refused to treat Tyra Hunter, a transgender
woman seriously injured in a car accident outside Washington, DC who later
died from her wounds. The same kind of hate-fueled medical negligence killed
Robert Eads, a transgender man with ovarian cancer whom 20 separate doctors
wouldn’t treat; one said the diagnosis should make Eads “deal with the fact that
he is not a real man.”

When DOMA and Prop 8 are struck down, we at Lambda Legal will celebrate this huge victory and important step forward. But as we enter our fifth decade of fighting for equality, we know that our work is far from over.